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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187042 | Waterproof connector that can be designed to be short in overall length A retainer is incorporated into a fitting portion of a housing so as to be movable between a preset position and a set position in a direction crossing terminal receiving holes. Further, a seal member is attached to an outer periphery of the fitting portion. The sea... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8147279 | Electrical connector having overstress protection An electrical connector includes a housing having a plurality of terminal passages. Each terminal passage has a deflectable latch for securing the terminal within the passage and is configured to permit an electrical terminal to be inserted into the passage. Opening... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8096841 | Connector A connector has a housing (11) with terminal accommodating chambers (12) for receiving terminal fittings (25). A retainer mount opening (15) extends into one surface of the housing (10) and receives a retainer (30) for locki... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8079883 | Controller for a motor vehicle A controller for a motor vehicle has a housing, which has an upper housing part made of non-conductive material and a lower housing part, a printed circuit board disposed in the housing, the board bearing an electric circuit, which can be connected by contact elemen... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8075351 | Electrical connector and connector assembly The present invention relates to an electrical connector, which comprises means for preventing terminals from being deformed during connection of the connector. The electrical connector of the present invention comprises: a terminal position assuring member mounted ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8052489 | Connector A connector is provided with a pair of female and male housings (10, 40) connectable with each other. The female housing (10) includes a block-shaped housing main body (11) and the male housing (40) includes a receptacle (42) havin... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8043128 | Detachable connector A connector includes a housing including a first housing unit and a second housing unit. The first housing unit is fitted to the second housing unit to form a fitting opening for receiving a plug connector. The first housing unit includes a rotatable section, and th... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8038486 | Connector A locking projection (29) of a housing (10) fits in a temporary locking concavity (65) of a retainer (60) to hold the retainer (60) at a temporary locking position and fits in a main locking concavity (64) to hold the retain... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8029325 | Connection unit and mounting process for such a connection unit The invention relates a connection unit comprising an insert provided a front part and a back part provided with longitudinal through holes. At least one longitudinal through hole in the front part of the insert coincides with a longitudinal through hole in the back... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8021199 | Electrical connector having large locking force An electric connector capable of fixing a small connection terminal by a large locking force. Two housings having a plurality of connection terminals are placed vertically symmetrically with their open surfaces facing each other, and a holder having a lock is interp... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8011977 | Connector with retainer projections integral with connector housing A connector has first and second housings (10A, 30A) that can be fit together along a fit-on direction. A female terminal (14) is mounted in a cavity (12) of a first housing (10A). A lance (19) is formed inside the first hou... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7988502 | Connector According to the invention, the lance for primarily retaining the terminal is formed integrally on the retainer for secondarily retaining the terminal. Therefore, there is no need to form the lance on the connector housing, and therefore the structure of the connect... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7955142 | Rotatable secondary lock for electrical connector An electrical connector assembly is comprised of a main housing portion and a front housing portion. The main housing portion and front housing portion receive a terminal therethrough and are rotatable relative to each other. The front housing portion has a terminal... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7942708 | Electrical connector and terminal for electrical connector An electrical connector includes a housing and a terminal. The housing includes a terminal hole and a lance portion disposed in the terminal hole. The lance portion includes a guide surface; an engaging front edge surface; and a regulated surface. The terminal inclu... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7892048 | Cable end connector and method of assembling the same An electrical connector (1), connected with a cable (5), comprises an insulative housing (2) having a plurality of cavities, a plurality of terminals (3) received in the cavities, and a latching member (4) attached to the housing. ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7867042 | Connector assembly with a low profile terminal position assurance member An electrical connector assembly is described which has an electrical connector housing and a TPA. The electrical connector housing has terminal receiving cavities with openings which access the cavities. Latching projections are located within the openings. A TPA i... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7841913 | Stacked electrical connector with terminal assurance mechanism A stacked electrical connector formed by mating an upper and a lower housing having rows of cavities containing terminals is disclosed. The upper and lower housings have primary terminal assurance provided by lances integrally formed into the housings. A secondary t... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7828608 | Connector having terminal holding portion that contacts a mating terminal A connector (10) has a terminal fitting (17) press-fit into a terminal holding portion (18). The terminal fitting (17) has a wide rectangular cross-sectional shape and includes a lower surface (17A), two side surfaces (17B) ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7828606 | Push lock connector A plug connector (11, 12), having a body (13, 16) with boreholes containing contacts (14, 15), and a detent (23-26) that protrudes into the boreholes (21, 22) behind a contact collar (65). To make possible the locking... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7828607 | Connector A connector is provided with a housing 10 fittable into a receptacle 52 of a mating connector 50 and a retainer 20 to be inserted into the housing 10 sideways. Cavities 12A, 12B for accommodating terminals are arrange... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7824234 | Connector in which contacts are held by a housing including first and second housing members, and in which a retaining portion of the contacts abuts the second housing member when the housing members are assembled A connector which makes it possible to prevent contacts from being removed without increasing press-in force of the contacts. A crank-shaped portion or protruding portion is formed, as a retaining portion, on an linking portion which links a contact portion and a co... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7811139 | Multi-port cable connector with two-stage retention clips A device of and method for making a multi-port cable connector is disclosed. The device comprises a connector housing having a plurality of orifices and a clip receiving portion extending into each orifice, each orifice being adapted to receive a corresponding cable... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7789717 | Electrical connector An electrical connector (100) for receiving a central process unit comprises: a first insulative housing (14) defining a number of receiving channels (141) extending along a first direction; a second insulative housing (13) located above ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7780485 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes a terminal and a connector body. The terminal has one or more tabs. The connector body has a cavity that is constructed and sized to receive the terminal. The connector body has one or more rails, and has one or more knobs. When the ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7780484 | Electrical connector having alternative inner housings An outer housing is configured to receive alternative first and second housings. The first inner housing is configured to receive clean body contacts where the inner housing includes integral locking latches extending into the contract receiving cavity where the loc... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7771242 | Electrical connector with improved contact position structure An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts (3) retained in the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a number of receiving slots (110) and a number of retaining slots (22) commun... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7762854 | RF connector assembly A RF connector assembly includes a male connector, and a female connector connected to the male connector for signal transmission. The female connector and male connector each have a U-shaped locating groove upwardly extending around the periphery of the electricall... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7753743 | Electrical connector having retainer for securing terminals disposed therein An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (2) having a main portion (21) and a tongue portion (22) extending forwardly from the main portion; a terminal (4) received in the insulative housing; and a retainer (... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7717758 | Connector with retainer and retainer locking surfaces aligned oblique to movement direction of retainer A connector has a retainer (40) mounted on a housing (10) for movement between a temporary locking position and a main locking position in a direction (Y) oblique to a fit-in direction (X) of the housing (10). Terminal fittings (70) can b... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7695325 | Connector An outer housing (10) includes a receptacle (12) projecting forward, and a connection space (14) is formed at a back end part of the receptacle (12). An inner housing (20) holding terminal fittings (50) is inserted into the ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7682205 | Multi position electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly includes a housing having more than one cavity extending along an insertion axis for inserting a connector in each of the more than one cavity. The housing has a slot extending perpendicular to the insertion axis and the housing has ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7661999 | Connector A connector (S) includes a housing (10) having an insertion hole (16) formed through three adjacent surfaces of the housings (10) and communicating with cavities (11). A retainer (50) is inserted into the insertion hole (16)... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7658654 | Female terminal fitting A female terminal fitting includes a bottom plate which extends in a front-back direction, a female electrical contact portion formed on a front side of the bottom plate, a board connecting portion extending backward of the bottom plate, and a stress relaxation port... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7632158 | Cable connector and connector assembly A cable connector is to be fitted to a mating connector attached to a circuit board. The cable connector includes a housing including a terminal hole for inserting a cable with a terminal; and a movable member attached to the housing for positioning the terminal at ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7625251 | Connector with redundant terminal locking A connector is disclosed. The connector includes a connector housing having a terminal channel and a terminal positioned within the terminal channel. The connector includes a primary locking mechanism including a locking beam configured to engage a first terminal lo... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7578709 | Contact locking device for an electric connector and electric connector containing said device The invention relates to an electric connector element including a housing receiving first and second contacts; a first locking device for the first contacts, which can move between a release position and a locking position for the first contacts; a second locking d... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7563145 | Plug-type connector having a contact chamber for a contact partner and a test slot in the contact chamber A plug-type connector having a plastic housing having at least one contact chamber in which a contact is fitted and locked at least at one location. The contact chamber in the housing has on each of two inner faces of the contact chamber a test slot that can receive... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7556539 | Connector When each metal terminal 3 is completely inserted into a housing 4, the metal terminal 3 is prevented from movement in forward, upward, downward, left and right directions. The metal terminal 3 is also primarily retained by a terminal ret... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7556538 | Connector A retainer (30) is formed with a wire holder (43) displaceable between a holding position for holding wires (25) in such a manner as to prevent movements of the wires (25) and a standby position for permitting the movements of the wires (... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7534150 | Electrical connector with improved housing An electrical connector (100) comprises a first insulative housing (10) comprising a base section (110) extending along a first direction and defining a front end and a rear end thereof in a second direction vertical to the first direction. A ma... | 05/19/2009 |
